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REI's brand. i swear by it

Theres a few things i can see you losing, but that will come with time. good work

wrap stuff in clothes and use a dry bag. basically, just throw it in your clothes sac, if you need to, you can put something in your sleepingbag

mid july to mid-late august, it did nothing but rain. it was horrible

I myself thruhiked in 08 and i also work at the REI in CT.

My personal opinion is that it all depends on who you talk to, someone who hasnt hiked before won't have the backround knowledge to...

You can charge things in town, thats what i did with my cell phone. you can go into coffe shops and restaurants, a bunch of even found outlets in front of walmart and charge our things there.

i...

theres so many people hiking the trail, you should be too worried about being along. if you head out by yourself, you'll meet up with tons of people your first few days out.

-pusher

it really doesnt matter, your going to get wet

just go with a full lenght z rest.

Some people will cut it in half and just use that, i knew someone that had a short prolite 3 pad and used like 3-4 sections of his zrest for his feet/sitting...

i would only bring one of those if i was taking a nice camera with me or my ipod. otherwise, its not worth it

i thru hiked when i was 18/19. i graduated high school and too a full year off from college. i worked thru til march then left for georgia. i started on march 19th and finished on august 12th in...

MECHANICAL MAN!! I stayed at your house this year during the heat wave and you saved my life with your water, shower, ice cream, soda, a place out of the rain storm, and a ride back up to the...

thanks a lot!!

it will get cold. i would take a 15 or a 20 degree

i loved my golite pinnacle

i left march 19th and the coldest it got was about 15deg., invest in a GOOD cold weather sleeping bag, you'll thank yourself for it.

Does anyone have john "mechanical man" stempas email/info?

i met him on my thru and i told him i would get back to him, but i lost the piece of paper with his info. let me know what you've got!
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On my thru, i learned sooo much...

-even though i was using den. alcohol, i always carried some esbit tablets just in case i didnt have enough fuel to last me or my plans changed..
-EASY MAC!! i...

haha ohh the four sisters... last saw them at shaws in monsonn!

-Pusher

I DIDN"T FORGET, but does anyone have the mayors address in unionville, ny!?

the mayor was such a cool dude and was so generous, and he made us promise to send him katahdin pictures! easily one...

on my thru, i had the trangia westwind, and my buddy had the brasslite. the trangia was AWESOME in cold weather, i had no trouble lighting it, where my buddy had the brasslite and he would take a...

i use a dry bag, but inside i used zip lock bags to keep myself organized but, over time, the dry bag got cut up and and the zip lock backs became necessary cause water got in

btw i had my full pack and 2 days worth of food too

i did the 4 state challenge this year in the end of may in the middle of my thru. when i did it, you started 2 miles south of HF where VA goes east and the trail heads off the ridge into WV and it...